Scholar Athlete Awards

Northeast Region NFF National Team of Distinction Award

  • 2012-2013 - John Van Allen, Avon Old Farms
    2013-2014 - Kyran McKinney-Crudden, Glastonbury HS
    2019-2020 - Connor Garrihy, The Kent School
    2021-2022 Logan Briggs, Stafford High School
    2022-2023 Joseph Palisi, Conrad High School
    2023-2024 Zakkai Moore, Maloney High School

Doc Boisoneau Northern Connecticut Chapter Award

The Chapter Award is presented to the Scholar-Athlete who, in the eyes of the committee, best represents the qualities of outstanding scholarship, football prowess and respected leadership.

  • 1991 - Jeffery Miller - Hall High School
    1992 - Gregory T. Roussos - Bloomfield High School
    1993 - Samuel C. Uzwack - Simsbury High School
    1994 - Christian V. Clemens - Berlin High School
    1995 - Bruce Rossignol - Avon Old Farms
    1996 - Carmine J. Abate - New Britain High School
    1997 - Henry Mannix III - Conard High School
    1998 - Blake Roberts - East Catholic High School
    1999 - Anthonio G. Lucas, Jr. - Bloomfield High School
    2000 - Nicholas G. Carbone - Torrington High School
    2001 - Stephen Shukie - Northwest Catholic High School
    2002 - Tyler Wells - Avon Old Farms School
    2003 - Peter H. Shreckengast, Conard High School
    2004 - Steven Alquesta, Housatonic Valley Reg. High School
    2005 - Steven Ziogas, Bristol Central High School
    2006 - Nathan Shippee II, East Catholic High School
    2007 - Jeremy Raducha, Bristol Central High School
    2008 - Michael Golic, Jr., Northwest Catholic
    2009 - Emmett Gilles, Bristol Central High School
    2010 - Joseph Gherguovich, Glastonbury High School
    2011 - Henry Downes, East Catholic High School
    2012 - Anthony Morales, Cromwell High School
    2013 - Nicholas Karp - Glastonbury High School
    2014 - Stephen Barmore - Southington High School
    2015 - Brendan Carroll - St. Paul Catholic High School
    2016 - Jake Madnick - Glastonbury High School
    2017 - Kevin Dunst - Farmington High School
    2018 - Chris Dionne - St. Paul Catholic High School
    2019 - Alexander M. Halkias - Berlin High School and Clarence Zachery III - Choate-Rosemary Hall
    2020 - Jack Hanau - The Salisbury School
    2022 - Logan Briggs - Stafford High School
    2023 - Joe Palisi - Conard High School
    2024 Zakkai Moore - Maloney High School

The Robert F. Farrell Memorial Award

The Robert F. Farrell Award is presented to a Scholar Athlete in the name of Robert Farrell, an outstanding player at Bulkeley High School and in college. His love of football lead him into officiating, where he was a top flight referee on both the high school and college level for over 30 years. Bob was a charter member of the The Doc Boisoneau Northern Connecticut Chapter, serving as president and playing an active role on the executive committee for many years.

  • 1992 - Thanh H. Troung - Northwest Catholic High School
    1993 - Daniel Pike - Kent School
    1994 - Gregory M. Gagne - Wolcott High School
    1995 - John B. Shukie - Northwest Catholic High School
    1996 - Joshua M. Cervas - Westminster School
    1997 - Sean Langenus - Simsbury High School
    1998 - Peter Mongillo - Southington High School
    1999 - Andrew J. Downard - Manchester High School
    2000 - W. Edward Martucci - Northwest Catholic High School
    2001 - William M. Cruz - New Britain High School
    2002 - Jonas Maciunas - Wethersfield High School
    2003 - Mark Randall, Wethersfield High School
    2004 - N. Rogan Donelly, Kent School
    2005 - Chris Cozza, Rocky Hill High School
    2006 - Douglas Elliot, Rocky Hill High School
    2007 - Thomas Smith, East Catholic High School
    2008 - Christopher Russell, Conard High School High School
    2009 - Erich Pfeffer, Glastonbury High School
    2010 - Niall Garrahan, East Catholic High School
    2011 - Seth DeValve, Manchester High School
    2012 - Thomas Undercuffler, Berlin High School
    2013 - Owen Dawson - Conard High School
    2014 - Andrew Jenkelunas - Rocky Hill High School
    2015 - Zach Foster - The Kent School
    2016 - Dominic Pagano - Granby High School
    2017 - Russell Thompson-Bishop - Bloomfield High School
    2018 - Ryan Ollestad - Avon High School
    2019 - Kody Messier - Stafford High School
    2020 - Wyatt Raymond - Enfield High School
    2022 - Nils Jerger - Avon High School
    2023 - Jack Petrone - Glastonbury High School
    2024 Donte Kelly - Maloney High School


The C. Edwin Creed Award

The C. Edwin Creed Award is presented to a Scholar Athlete in the name of C. Edwin Creed, who played football at the University of Missouri, before moving to Connecticut to eventually become the Head Coach at Central Connecticut State University. He left coaching to enter the private sector and soon established himself as an enterprising and successful businessman and a community leader. Mr. Creed was honored as our Distinguished American in 1995.

  • 1995 - Marcin J. Szajda - Farmington High School
    1996 - Daniel Sershen - Southington High School
    1997 - Timothy Sullivan - Kingswood Oxford
    1998 - Ian McNeil - Avon High School
    1999 - Justin M. Hardison - Conard High School
    2000 - Edward Warren Scott - Westminster School
    2001 - Jonathan Cummings - Kent School
    2002 - Parker Morse - Kent School
    2003 - Daniel P. Jamieson, Avon High School
    2004 - Eric W. Fritz, Rocky Hill High School
    2005 - Dan Murphy, Northwest Catholic High School
    2006 - Devin Walsh, Northwest Catholic High School
    2007 - David Hild, Kingswood-Oxford
    2008 - Matt Coyne, Bristol Central High School
    2009 - Michael D'Onofrio, Avon High School
    2010 - Hung Do, Windsor High School
    2011 - Steven Hild, Kingswood-Oxford School
    2012 - Jacob Shippee, East Catholic High School
    2013 - John Van Allen - Avon Old Farms School
    2014 - Kyran McKinney-Crudden - Glastonbury High School
    2015 - Thomas Reardon - Glastonbury High School
    2016 - Nate Richam-Odoi - Conard High School
    2017 - Jordan Silva - St. Paul Catholic High School
    2018 - Zach Tabellione - Glastonbury High School
    2019 - Nolan Grooms - The Taft School
    2020 - Connor Garrahay - The Kent School
    2022 - William Zambito - Salisbury School
    2023 - Cole Milardo - Avon High School
    2024 Evan Anderson - Southington High School

The Robert J. McKee Memorial Award

The Robert J. McKee Memorial Award is presented to a Scholar-Athlete in the name of Coach Bob McKee, a founding member of this chapter! Coach McKee was head football coach of Hall (1951-1956) and Conrad (1957-1983) High Schools in the West Harford Connecticut community. He was also honored with both the Ralph Worth memorial Chapter Award and contribution to football award. His namesake award is the Doc Boisoneau Northern Connecticut Chapter National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame’s humble effort to carry on Coach McKee’s legacy of decency, respect, commitment, and devotion to all we serve.

  • 2018 - Jack Moore - Conard High School
    2019 - Peter Morrisroe - Glastonbury High School
    2020 - Peter Simplicio - Conard High School
    2022 - Jack Kennedy - Conard High School
    2023 - Brendan Grady - Conard High School
    2024 - Carson Morgan - Rockville High School

The Howie Vandersea Award

To honor the memory of Howie Vandersea, a football man who embodied all of the best virtues of our organization. He held a deep passion to selflessly serve others. One of Howie’s endeavors was to support Military Veterans. Each year, the chapter will bestow a monetary donation in honor of our top scoring student-athlete. This donation will go towards helping our Military Veterans in need. Executive Committee members and the student-athlete will actively volunteer their services to carry on his legacy.

  • 2022-23 - Joseph Palisi – Conard HS
    2023-24 - Zakkai Moore - Maloney HS